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delete GNIS most certainly does not confer notability (based on loads of precedent), and for that matter claims about the nature of the location need to be validated against other sources.
Mangoe (
talk)
23:23, 13 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Merge/Redirect into
Brown Peninsula#Dreary Isthmus.
Dr. Blofeld has already done the merge, so change the article to a redirect. This is the approach recommended in
WP:GEONATURAL for named natural features where little more than the name and location are available. The redirect can be turned back into a full article if the isthmus becomes more notable for some reason.
Aymatth2 (
talk)
14:42, 14 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately there have have been a few editors trying to delete the Antarctica stubs rather than having the common sense to merge the articles themselves. ♦
Dr. Blofeld16:28, 14 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Yes. Wikipedia is meant to be a gazetteer, among other functions. To make the gazetteer complete, minor features that do not warrant a stand-alone article should be listed in a parent article, giving the available information. It is incorrect to purge the information from Wikipedia.
Aymatth2 (
talk)
17:49, 14 August 2023 (UTC)reply
No, WP is not intended to be a gazetteer. Frankly I think the statement that it has "some elements of a gazetteer" ought to be struck as contradicting
WP:GNG requirements.
Mangoe (
talk)
19:18, 14 August 2023 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
delete GNIS most certainly does not confer notability (based on loads of precedent), and for that matter claims about the nature of the location need to be validated against other sources.
Mangoe (
talk)
23:23, 13 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Merge/Redirect into
Brown Peninsula#Dreary Isthmus.
Dr. Blofeld has already done the merge, so change the article to a redirect. This is the approach recommended in
WP:GEONATURAL for named natural features where little more than the name and location are available. The redirect can be turned back into a full article if the isthmus becomes more notable for some reason.
Aymatth2 (
talk)
14:42, 14 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately there have have been a few editors trying to delete the Antarctica stubs rather than having the common sense to merge the articles themselves. ♦
Dr. Blofeld16:28, 14 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Yes. Wikipedia is meant to be a gazetteer, among other functions. To make the gazetteer complete, minor features that do not warrant a stand-alone article should be listed in a parent article, giving the available information. It is incorrect to purge the information from Wikipedia.
Aymatth2 (
talk)
17:49, 14 August 2023 (UTC)reply
No, WP is not intended to be a gazetteer. Frankly I think the statement that it has "some elements of a gazetteer" ought to be struck as contradicting
WP:GNG requirements.
Mangoe (
talk)
19:18, 14 August 2023 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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